Maybe he can solve the Man-Bear-Pig problem this weekend -- he's serial!
Posted on 07/06/2007 5:18:24 AM PDT by Kaslin
This Saturday, thousands around the world will gather for an in-depth discussion led by Al Gore on global warming and other environmental issues. The discussion will broadcast from seven major cities around the world. Just kidding! The only way Gore can get thousands of college kids to pay attention to him is to get a bunch of entertainers and bands to put on a concert together. Gore is literally the dorky kid in the neighborhood that people hang out with only because his house has a pool.
Gore’s son, Albert III, decided to help his father’s cause by combining the rock and roll lifestyle with the self-satisfaction of driving of hybrid. This week he was arrested for DUI and speeding at 100 mph in his Toyota Prius. Police reported that they found marijuana, Valium, Vicodin and Xanax, all without prescriptions. On the plus side, he’ll be able to recruit all the celebrities he’ll meet to the global warming cause during his presumed stint in drug rehab.
On Facebook, a social networking website, there are dozens and dozens of groups dedicated to Al Gore’s Live Earth concerts, which all take place on July 7, 2007. Not surprisingly, the neighborhood kids are focused on the bands, not the flimsy message of stopping global warming. The New York concert includes performances by The Police, Akon, Kelly Clarkson, Melissa Etheridge, Kanye West, Ludacris, among others. The cost for one ticket ranges from $83.00 to $348.00. Few concert goers on Facebook mention global warming or Al Gore. Here’s a sample of some posts about the concert:
· Kris writes, “Cant wait for this concert, def. have my tickets ready. Bada**. Loud music, huge crowds, famouse [sic] people... and something about saving the earth. Can life get better? I submit that it cannot!”
· Mitch writes, “F*** YEAH BABY! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE POLICE!”
· Abraham asks, “is this that concert Nelson Mandella [sic] is organizing?” [I think a little part of Al Gore just died.]
· Sarah writes, “CANT [sic] WAIT .. got our tickets this morning.. sooo excited.. Mothers lock up your sons.. cant [sic] wait to tailgate!!!!!!!!” [I propose that we start a campaign to rid the world of excessive punctuation.]
Live Earth’s purpose is “to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis.” It’s the kind of mission that is adored by the Left. It’s vague enough to claim victory for their side and bogus enough to make the crisis last forever. In short, it’s the same mission of every worthless government program.
This week, Gore wrote in a New York Times op-ed, “Our home — Earth — is in danger. What is at risk of being destroyed is not the planet itself, but the conditions that have made it hospitable for human beings.” Gore gives us the example of Venus, which is close to the same size as Earth and has the same amount of carbon. However, Venus’s carbon is the atmosphere and Earth’s carbon is in the ground. Gore writes, “As a result, while the average temperature on Earth is a pleasant 59 degrees, the average temperature on Venus is 867 degrees. True, Venus is closer to the Sun than we are, but the fault is not in our star; Venus is three times hotter on average than Mercury, which is right next to the Sun. It’s the carbon dioxide.”
It’s curious that Gore would use an example of an uninhabited planet to make the case that humans are destroying Earth. But, I suppose common sense has never been the Left’s strong suit.
As was done with the movie An Inconvenient Truth, the Live Earth concerts also have a companion book. For an environmental movement, they sure seem unconcerned with wasting paper. The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills To Stop Climate Change claims to provide “essential skills for stopping climate change--and for living through it.” The book is full of haughty, pointless advice, including:
“Bathe together”
“Shut down your office PCs overnight”
“Build a bat house”
“Why not commute to your home office? Nine out of 10 of us drive to work, with the average commute now up to 25 minutes each way and still climbing. That’s a lot of time wasted, and a lot of gasoline becoming co2 emissions.”
Yes, why don’t more truck drivers, construction workers and the other blue collar workers that run the country save on gas and just telecommute from home? The Live Earth spokesman, expensive concert tickets and ridiculous book perfectly illustrate the Left’s “climate crisis” movement – an indulgent past time for rich liberals (or liberals with rich parents). However, once the summer ends, the kids will go back to their real friends and Al Gore will be there, pathetic and alone, with nothing but an empty swimming pool.
Lisa De Pasquale is CPAC Director at the American Conservative Union. The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservatives. For more information, visit www.cpac.org.
Typical, typical, typical.
Liberals approach all “problems” from an emotional viewpoint. That makes for very bad laws and solutions.
They truly believe that laws and big government can fix everything.
Yeah, right. The Great Society did a great job for America by destroying the black family, and giving us socialized medicine.
Then there are the 40-million plus abortions in America since 1973.
“Live Earth”? More like “Dead On Arrival.”
That’s a great record.
I’m sure there will be plenty of “substance” smokin’, there.
Maybe he can solve the Man-Bear-Pig problem this weekend -- he's serial!
I’m fine with CO2 at 380ppm.
I heard Kelly Clarkson will be involved. She can help save the planet by stop trying to eat it.
Short of any signs of intelligence too.
LLS
The Gore family is full of substance - the kind that can be smoked.
Remember when...?
Al Gore Jr. and his wife Tipper led government censorship hearings into the evils of rock music by bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers (later known for wearing only socks over their privates and numerous heroin using members)?
Al Gore Jr. introduced Willie Horton to the 1988 campaign during the primary fight against Gov. Michael Dukakis? Gore needed an issue to seize the national stage and “obscene music” was it, music doesn’t seem any cleaner today than before the PMRC formed or “Parental Advisory Warnings” were applied. But vice squads busted countless minimum wage retail clerks who sold those albums in undercover sting operations. Thanks Al Gore for throwing so many people under the bus on your way to national prominence.
What happened to the Al Gore Jr. who told us of the threat posed by leaving Saddam Hussein in power? Now all he can say is “Bush played on OUR fears”. Wrong Bore-o. AL GORE JUNIOR PLAYS ON “our” FEARS.
Dump this tin horn dipsh** in the rubbish heap with pet rocks, Billy beer, a broken rubiks cube, and the pieces of the Berlin Wall.
The Gore Family is full of pre-chewed food.
Ummm. That's speciesist Al!
(Yeah, I actually heard that term on tv a few years back. cringe)
Fetuses are alive.
Liberals will buy anything, just as long as it can be worshiped and it makes them “feeeel good”.
No big deal, Gore just makes it up as he goes along, as he always has in the past.
It’s all about HIM.
build a bat house!?....I thought they liked caves :)
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